Non-refillable bottle.



PATENTED MAR." 5, 1907.

wil I 6 W 1 0. MEDLEY. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE, APPLIGATION FILED APR 181906 Witnesses.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE MEDLEY, or CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA.

, NON -REFILLABLE BOTTLE.-

: Specification of Letters went.

Patented. March 5, 1907.

Application filed April 18.1906. Serial No. 312503.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be t. known that I, CLARENCE MEDL Y, of

. the town of Calgary, iu'the Province of Alberta, in the Dominion ofCanada, have invented certain new and useful Improve- .rnents inNon-Refillable Bottles; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull,

clear, and exact description of the same.

The objects of the invention are to devise a non-refillable bottlewhich'will allow the contents of the bottle to flow freely therefrom,but will effectually prevent any liquid being returned, either bypouring or by pressure; irrespective of the position in which the bottleis held, to eheapen the manufacture,

ting wi. hin the neck of the bottle abuttingsai d cylindrh al plug,having an orifice there-- through and arecess in the under side thereof1n commumaation with the openings in said plug, and means for retainingsaid cap within the ne-zk of said bottle.

In the drawings, Figure l is a sectional perspective view of the neck ofa bottle fitted with my device. Fig. '2 is a perspective detail oftheparts of the stopper device arranged relatively one above the other.

Like letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in each figure.

In the drawings,.a is -a bottle having the neck b'thereof formed with aslightlytapered portion 0 and the extending portion-preferahlcylindrical.-

is a disk of glass or other suitable nonabsorbent and'non-corrosivematerial fitting loosely within the neck of the bottle and hav ing acentral orifice e therethrough ancl an annular groove f in'the outerperiphery, preferably at the lower side.

..;:g is a ring of corkor other suitable compressible material'fittingaround the lower portion of thediskd and filling the groove f.

The disk d is 'plaoedin the Rocket the bottle and pressed downwardly,pushing the ring 9* slightly into the tapered :iporti'on. c of the neck,and thus making a secure and watertight ioint with the said neck. Thecentral orifice e is preferably circular and 'tapersin- ,wardly from'theupper surfa" e, and the under surfa 'se is flared outwardly to'a pointnear the edgeof the disk. 4 A

' his a-valve orfloat, of cork or other suitable material that'willfloat, and is tapered to, fit

thetapered'ori'li e c. 'The kalve or float it rests in the said orifi ze, and the upper surfade is fiat and the disk d.- I

i is atone-shaped weight, of glass or other suitable materiahwhi h restsupon the upper fa. e';ol' the diskd and-the top surfae of the valve 7L,holdin said valve do 11 upon normally flush with the top of its seat anddosing the ori'lir-e e.

y is a cylindrical plug, of glass or like material, fitting looselyWithin the neck of the bottle and resting upon the disk (Z and havin aeoneshaped recess lcd'orn cd in the uneer side thereof. The recess 7chas the sides thereof parallel with the cone-shaped weight 'i, but aslight distance above the same. The recess It extends outwardly to nearthe. outer edge of the under side of the plug, leaving a narrow edge forthe said plug to rest upon the disk (1. Z are vertical slots formed inthe outer periphery of the 'plug and extending from the top thereofdownwardlyand coinmnnicating with therecess 7c, m is acap, also formedof glass, fitting loosely within the neck I) and resting upon the top ofthe plug j. The cap mhas a recess a in the under side thereof incommunication with the vertical slots Z in the plug .j and a centralorifice 0 extending upwardly from said recess. The orifice 0 ispreferably of small diameter,

. p is an annular recess in the outer periphery of the cap m, and q arevertical slots or openings extending from the said annular recess to theupper surface of said cap.

1" is an annular groove formed in the inte rior of the neck of thebottleand registering A with the groove 7) in the cap on sis a cement fillingwhich is l'Ol ted through the vertical slots 1 and ii s the annulargrooves p and 'r in a plastic state and when set securely seals the capin place in the neck of the-bottle and prevents thetsaid cap from beingremoved. and consequently any of the other portionsbelow the said cap.

The bottle is first filled with the liquid whi'ch'it' is to contain andthe parts previously described placed in position. A suit.- able corkmay then be inserted in the top portion of the neck to prevent thecontents of the bottle from escaping. In order'to re- I do I the bottlefrom the neck." Should the bottle tionof the bottle the small enddoesnot .bottle must be tilted until the side of the vIt will be then beimpossible to pour liquid wire would then have to bend at a right anglemove the contents of the bottle, the cork is drawn and the bottle tiltedin the usual manner. The liquid c ontained in the bottle will hit thevalve h from its seat, pushing the cone i into the recess k in the plugand flow through the slots 1 and the central orifice 0". in' the cap\i'hen the liquid has been poured from the bottle and the bottle placedupright, the float It will drop into its seat and the cone i will dropon top of it.

N 0 liquid can bepoured or forced into the bottle after the parts descrbed have been Placed in position, When the bottle in an uprightposition, the opening e is securely closed, and consequently no liquidoan'enter be tilted on its side,' the cone-shaped Weight i will slipsidewise until the side of the cone comes in contact with the side ofthe coneshaped recess is, and as the recess 76 is of the same angle asthe cone it cannot tilt forward. Thus the flat portion or bottom of theweight '5 remains pressing against the float h, holding it securely toits seat.

It will be readily seen that in order to cause the Weight 'i to slideaway 'fro [11 the disk at and 'allowthe float lute lift ollits seat thecone-shapeid recess is past the horizontal.

into the bottle. Should li uid be'forced into the neck of the bottleun'er pressure when in an inverted or partially-inverted position, thesaid liquid will lift the float h from the base of the cone, and as thesaid float is of such a length that even in the inverted posileave theopening the liquid will lift'it up- Ward and cause it to securely closethe opening. The greater the pressure the tighter the valve will sealthe opening. i

The construction of the plugj and cap m is such that it is i possible toinserta w1re orinstrument thal will hold the. float off its seat, as itwould be necessary for such wire to pass through the orifice 0, acrossthe recess n, and down one of the vertical slots Z. The

again in order to ass in far enough to foul the float, and it isapparent and h been found in practice that tris is impossib e.

A bottle fitted with 'tli stopper attachments herein described will filla long-felt Want and can be furnished at a very small cost. There are nodelicate parts to get out thec'ork float or valve, may be molded inglass;

What'I claim as my invention 1s 1.. In a device of the class described,in i a tapered portion, a disk fitting within said neck adjacent to saidtapered portion having a central tapered circular orifice tlleretlirougharing of compressible water-tight material inserted in said groove andabutting the tar-- pered portion of said neck making a watertight joint,a tapered float-valve fitting the central tapered orifice in said diskand closing the same, a cone-shaped weight'resting upon said valve anddisk, a cylindrical .plu fitting Within said neck above said disk anresting thereon having a cone-shaped recess in the slots in the outerperipheryin communication with the said recess, a cap fitting withinsaid neck and resting on said plug'having a cenunder side incommunication with the vertical slots in said plug, and means forretaining said cap witl'in the said neck, as and for the purposespecified.

2. In a device combination with the neck of a bottle having ataper'ed'portion at the lower end tl:.ereof and an annular groovetherein intermediate of its length, a disk fitting witlin said neckadjacent to said tapered portion having an central tapered circularorifice therethrough, a ring of compressible water-tight materialinserted in s aid groove and abutting the tatight joint, a taperedfloat-valve fitting the central tapered orifice in said disk and closingthe, same, a cone-shaped weight resting upon said valve and'disk, acylindrical plug fitting witltin said'neck above said disk and restingthereon having a cone shaped recess in the under side thereof and aplurality of vertical slots in the outer periphery incommunicationiwiththe said recess, a cap fitting within said neck andresting on said plug having a central orifice theretltrough and a recessin the under sidein communication with the vertical slots in said plugand. an annular groove in the outer periphery thereof regis- CLARENCE MELEY;

' Witnesses:

HENRY AUGUSTUS ALLISON,

combination with the neck of a bottle'having LEWIS Mi Nlii, ea.

. annular groove in-the outer periphery and a tering with. the annulargroove in saidv neck van annular groove in the outer periphery and. v

under side thereof and a plurality of vertical tral orifice therethroughand a-recess in the of the class described, in

pered portion of said neck making a waters

